WVC 48 - 18 - 113
§48-18-113. Disbursements of amounts collected as support.
(a) Amounts collected as child or spousal support by the
Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall be distributed within
two business days after receipt from the employer or other source
of periodic income. The amounts collected as child support shall
be distributed by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement in
accordance with the provisions for distribution set forth in 42
U.S.C. §657. The Commissioner shall promulgate a legislative rule
to establish the appropriate distribution as may be required by the
federal law.

(b) Any payment required to be made under the provisions of
this section to a family shall be made to the resident parent,
legal guardian or caretaker relative having custody of or
responsibility for the child or children.

(c) The Commissioner shall maintain methods of administration
which are designed to assure that employees of the Bureau for Child
Support Enforcement or any persons employed pursuant to a contract
who are responsible for handling cash receipts do not participate
in accounting or operating functions which would permit them to
conceal in the accounting records the misuse of cash receipts:
Provided, That the Commissioner may provide for exceptions to this
requirement in the case of sparsely populated areas in this state
where the hiring of unreasonable additional staff in the local
office would otherwise be necessary.

(d) No penalty or fee may be collected by or distributed to a recipient of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement services from the
State Treasury or from the Child Support Enforcement Fund when
child support is not distributed to the recipient in accordance
with the time frames established herein.

(e) For purposes of this section, "business day" means a day
on which state offices are open for regular business.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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